Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d–e (North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, English Channel)

ICES  advises  that  when  the  precautionary  approach  is  applied,  catches  should  be  no  more  than  2756 tonnes  in  each  of  the years  2016  and  2017.  If  discard  rates  do  not  change  from  the  average  of  the  last  three years  (2012–2014),  this  implies  landings of no more than 2563 tonnes. 

Management  of  turbot  and  brill  under  a  combined  species  TAC  prevents  effective  control  of  the  single-species  exploitation  rates and could lead to the overexploitation of either species.